Game apparatus.



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GAME APPARATUS.

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NITED STATES Patented 0ctober'20, 1903.

REUBEN HENRY SMITH, OF NUNEATON, ENGLAND.

GAM E APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 741,846, dated October20, 1903.

Application filed November 3,1902. Serial No. 129,889. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, REUBEN HENRY SMITH, a subject of Edward, King ofGreat Britain and Ireland, residing at Clifton Villa, Dugdale street,Nuneaton, in the county of Warwick, England, have invented a certain newand useful Game Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the game of tabletennis, ping-pong, or suchlike table games; and it consists of certain appliances for securing theposts to the table by means of brackets or attachments to said posts,whereby they may be held in upright position for use or may be swung outof sight under the table-top when out of use. They are, therefore,always ready when a game is proposed to be played, the work of bringingthem into position occupying only a few seconds, and even less time isrequired to put them out of sight again.

Referringto the accompanying drawings, which illustrate myinvention,Figure'l shows the bracket in metal attached to the tabletop,the post being upright and ready for use. Fig. 2 shows the post foldeddown horizontally in line with the metal bracket, both post and bracketbeing swung underneath the table-top. Fig. 3 shows in plan the blankfrom which the metal bracket is formed. Figs. 4 and 5 show side viewandend view, respectively, of the bracket. Fig. 6 shows the lower end ofthe post. Figs. 7 and 8 show plan and side View, respectively, of awooden bracket. Fig. 9 shows a form of telescopic bracket.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 6, each post A is provided with a bracket B atits bottom. Said bracket is conveniently formed in metal from the blankshown in Fig. 3, said blank being bent up along the dotted lines intothe form shown at Figs. 4 and 5. The bracket is attached to the post bya pin 0 or by a simple form of butt-hinge, so that the two can bebrought either in line with each other or at right angles, the pinworking stiffly by preference. Such bracket may be hinged upon avertical pivot (suchas a large-headed screw D, which when once fixedneed never be removed, the screw being screwed into the under side ofthe table E) in such a way as to be capable of being swung horizontallyout from the same or returned at will. When swung out from the edge ofthe table, the post can be raised up to a vertical position, as shown inFig. 1, ready for use. Afterward it can be lowered toa horizontalposition and swung back with the bracket underneath the table-top, asshown in Fig. 2. Such bracket may be made in two parts, B and B fastenedtogether by a pin O, one sliding within the other, so that it will beextensible for the purpose of enabling the post to be set at severalinches from the table edge, if and when desired. (See Fig. 9.)

As shown, various modifications of the above may be introduced withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In games such astable-tennis, pingpong and the like, an appliance for securing the postto the table, consisting of a bracket, a vertical pivot within one endof the bracket adapted to be secured in the table for the purpose ofholding said bracket thereto while permitting angular movement of thefree end of the bracket, also a pin within said free end, and a postmounted at its lower end upon said pin in such a manner that the lowerend of the side of the post which is nearest to the table acts as anabutment against the bracket in order that the post may be maintainedeither in line with the bracket or upright thereon at will, as andforthe purpose specified.

2. In games such as table-tennis, ping-pong and the like, an appliancefor securing the post to the table, consisting of an extensible bracketmade in two parts one adapted to slide within the other, a verticalpivot secured in the table for holding one of said parts by one end,while permitting angular movement of the other end, means for bothlooking together and releasing the two parts aforesaid, a butt-hingeupon the outer extremity of the other part combined with means upon thelower end of the post aforesaid whereby the post thus hinged upon saidpart may be brought and maintained either in line with the bracket orupright thereon at will, as and for the purpose specified.

3. In games such as table-tennis, ping-pong and the like, an appliancefor securing the post to the table, consisting of a bracket, a

vertical pivot within one end of the bracket adapted to be secured inthe table for the purpose of holding said bracket thereto whilepermitting angular movement of the free end of the bracket, also a pinwithin said free end, and a post mounted at its lower end upon said pinin such a manner that the lower end of the side of the post which isnearest to the table acts as an abutment against the bracket when thepost is upright therein, as and for'the purpose specified.

4. In games such as table-tennis, ping-pong and the like, an appliancefor securing the post to the table, consisting of a bracket, a verticalpivot within one end of the bracket adapted to be secured in the tablefor the purpose of holding said bracket thereto while permitting angularmovement of the free end of the bracket, also a pin within said freeend, and a post mounted at its lower end upon said pin in such a mannerthat the lower end of the side of the post which is nearest

